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Essay

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The AMY Fund College Scholarship

Essay required

Need-based

Academic

Overview

The AMY Fund College Scholarship offers a $7,500 tuition scholarship and an additional stipend for college books and supplies for refugees or displaced persons pursuing a degree in the United States. It is open to applicants with refugee status living anywhere in the world, those who have received US asylum or submitted a US asylum application, are in the US under Temporary Protected Status, or are Internally Displaced Persons (see FAQs).

Status

Open for applications

Deadline

đź—“ May 17, 2025

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Categories

Merit, Need, Experience

What you'll need

Essay

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FAQ

Types of Displacement

Refugee – one who has been forced to flee their home country due to persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group (e.g., members of the LGBTQ community). The persecution a refugee experiences may include harassment, threats, abduction, or torture. They have received official recognition as refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR).

Asylee – one who is already present in the United States and has received official legal recognition as an asylee from the United States government due to persecution in their home country because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

Asylum Seeker – one who is already present in the United States or has sought admission at a port of entry due to persecution in their home country because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group, and is seeking safe haven in the United States, but has not yet received official legal recognition as an asylee from the United States government. NOTE: Applicant’s petition for asylum must have been placed prior to the time of application to the Scholarship in order to be eligible.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) – a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of certain countries experiencing problems that make it difficult or unsafe for their nationals to be deported there.

Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) – persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.


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